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May 19, 2014

VA Hospitals: a government-run disaster

From a report at the link below:

The news is shocking: Patients dying on the waiting list for government-provided healthcare. But this is not a report from Canada or the British National Health Service. It’s right here in America, in the health system administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Pictured at right is the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki.

The Associated Press falsely tried to assure Americans that there was no proof that anyone died as a result of the VA’s falsified reports.

The problems first surfaced in Phoenix, where the wait to receive care at VA facilities had grown so long that 1,400 to 1,600 sick veterans were forced to wait months to see a doctor. As many as 40 veterans reportedly died because they couldn’t get the care they needed. VA administrators tried to cover up the problems by establishing secret waiting lists and falsifying reports.

According to the New York Post report the scandal has now spread to other veteran facilities in Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, and Pennsylvania.

For a preview of what we will see in the upcoming government-run ObamaCare we need only look at the government-run VA hospitals and it ain’t a pretty sight!